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New insight on how tropical forests capture carbon
2013-09-17 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Tropical forests are important globally in removing carbon from the atmosphere. It has been assumed that the tress were the mechanism that made this work. New research from Princeton University has shed insight on the importance of bacteria that co-exist with the trees have in absorbing atmospheric carbon. A unique housing arrangement between a specific group of tree species and a carbo-loading bacteria may determine how well tropical forests can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according...
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